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Present Tense
Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense.

Example: I/You/We/They (play) play the guitar.

Example: He/She/It (play) plays the guitar.


1) Mary (be) _______ twenty-nine years old.

2) We (like) _______ to eat fruit. It (taste) _______ good.

3) The football team never (score) _______ . It (lose) _______ all the time.

4) Roberta and Betty always (talk) _______ to each
other on the phone.

5) Jose and I (study) _______ chemistry together.

6) The car (have) _______ a flat tire.

7) You never (make) _______ breakfast for me. I
always (have) _______ to make it myself.

8) The mechanic (fix) _______ my car when it breaks down.

9) Tom rarely (fly) _______. He usually (drive) _______.

10) I usually (watch) _______ TV, but tonight I (think) _______ I will read a book.

11) Igor (call) _______ his mother on the phone every day.

12) When he (be) _______ alone at night, Beto sometimes (get) _______ scared.

13) I (be) _______ tired. I (think) _______ I am going to take a nap.

14) Cakes (be) _______ hard to make. They (require) _______ a lot of work.

15) Joel (like) _______ to play soccer. He (practice) _______ every day.